I was wondering if it was possible to float some plants in my tank for the purpose of helping out my water conditions (my cycle is not quite completed and I was hoping to help it along). I'm a plastic plant tank person and would like to keep it that way, but thought I had read somewhere that plants could float on top. Any suggestions?
Plants for the green thumb challenged
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Hornwort is a rootless plant that is just perfect for floating there is some others to use as well but hornwort is for low light, its quick Growing, its rootless and floats around the tank. The plants will deter a little bit. Hornwort is perfect for newbies here is a link
How to grow and decorate with hornwort, Ceratophyllum, with pictures
Easy aquarium plants: Hygrophila polysperma | Practical Fishkeeping magazine
How to grow and decorate with hornwort, Ceratophyllum, with pictures
Easy aquarium plants: Hygrophila polysperma | Practical Fishkeeping magazine
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There are plenty of plants to choose from: anacharis, water sprite, even duckweed work well as floating nitrate factories. The only problem with duckweed is it is tough to eradicate if you miss even one floret -- it makes guppies and convicts look like sissies with the rate it reproduces given a chance. (my goldfish make short work of it tho -- YUM!)
So off I go to Petsmart tonight and low and behold they don't have any of the plants suggested! *^%! On top of that, the employee who helped me was not very nice, my kids were pointing out some dead angel fish in the big tank they have there and she was pretty rude to them too. So....I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get the wonder plants for my tanks - there are a couple of other stores a bit farther but may have better selection. Also, I really don't want snails - is it a huge possibility that snails will come with my plants???
what i did to get rid of snails is put the plants in a bucket half full of water andlet them sit in there for 2 or 3 days and find allthe bugs and stuff then killl them. ive even herd of putting the plants in a bucket of water with some bleach or a bucket of pool water to get ridof all the bad stuff. you can also avoid the tanks with snails.
Yes, you'll need to change them to screw-in compact fluorescent lights if you want to grow plants. Actually, even if you don't want to get plants, the fish will look a lot better with fluorescent lights.
The lights most-often recommended are the ones in the Wal-Mart fish section. They're just under $5 each, and work well for plants. They're pretty much the only reason you'll see me in a Wal-Mart
The lights most-often recommended are the ones in the Wal-Mart fish section. They're just under $5 each, and work well for plants. They're pretty much the only reason you'll see me in a Wal-Mart
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Yes, you'll need to change them to screw-in compact fluorescent lights if you want to grow plants. Actually, even if you don't want to get plants, the fish will look a lot better with fluorescent lights.
The lights most-often recommended are the ones in the Wal-Mart fish section. They're just under $5 each, and work well for plants. They're pretty much the only reason you'll see me in a Wal-Mart
The lights most-often recommended are the ones in the Wal-Mart fish section. They're just under $5 each, and work well for plants. They're pretty much the only reason you'll see me in a Wal-Mart
the lights there talking about are 10 watts each and they work pretty well, ive seen them at petsmart and a few other chains before, you just have to be looking for them. I know ive walked right past them several times. heres a pic of what they look like, and watch what you buy they make these for saltwater too. you want all glask 6500K or there abouts.
